“sidney toy”

Concise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, many other features. Caernarvon, Dover castles, Hadrian's Wall, Tower of London, dozens more. 199 black-and-white illustrations. Preface. Index. Footnotes.... More

The necessity to defend territory from strong points has been a fact of life since mankind first settled into agricultural communities. Sidney Toy traces the development of the art of fortification from the period of earliest historical examples down to the forts designed for defense by artillery, n... More

Drawing on the best interiors from around the world, created by a wide range of architects, designers and residents, "Practically Minimal" focuses on five themes that define the flexible modern lifestyle: living and relaxing, cooking and dining, sleeping, bathing, and outdoor rooms. 200 color illust... More

The appeal and beauty of simple elegance in architecture has been a consistent theme during the twentieth century; from Adolf Loos declaring in 1908 that the cultural evolution is equivalent to the removal of ornament from articles of everyday use to Le Corbusier who was quick to confirm these socia... More

From the #1 bestselling author comes his latest spellbinding novel. Two women become reluctant allies when their husbands are killed in separate "accidents." An important link between the victims rises up from their ashes: each was employed by Kingsley International Group (KIG), the world's largest ... More

A brilliant, highly spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon’s early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy narrative as any of his bestselling novels.  The Sheldon family were immigrants to the USA; a fairly dysfunctional family, constantly on the move, either fleeing debt crises or ... More

Written in the form of extended letters to his new great-granddaughter and namesake (Sydney Ayele LaBarrie), in Life Beyond Measure Sidney Poitier offers perspective and wisdom gained from his own remarkable life - growing up in the Bahamas; breaking the race barrier in theatre and film during the C... More

A light-hearted look at the police force, this book combines the author's three pet interests-information on policemen, philately and humour.... More